- 21. Fashion retailers seek rental rebates
- (News)
- Fashion retailers are seeking rental rebates from high-street landlords and shopping malls as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to play havoc with their businesses. As per Money Control report, Benetton ...
- Created on 07 May 2021
- 22. Second wave, curfews could hamper online fashion retailers recovery
- (Apparel)
- ... Footfalls in stores had increased and ecommerce players too were doing good business after few bad months in 2020. Walmart owned Myntra and Ambani owned Ajio two of India’s largest fashion e-commerce firms ...
- Created on 20 April 2021
- 23. Fashion retailers approach suppliers for Spring/Summer collections
- (Apparel)
- Buoyed by the unexpected bounce-back of retail sales in festive season, Indian fashion and apparel retailers have started approaching suppliers for spring/summer collections. Also, retailers, who had earlier ...
- Created on 03 December 2020
- 24. Fashion retailers open new stores after months of lockdown
- (Fashion)
- ... several months, fashion retailers are once again opening new stores,. Fashion retailer Madame opened six stores in July. It plans to open six more stores in the next three months. Similarly, footwear retailer ...
- Created on 09 November 2020
- 25. ICRA assigns negative credit outlook to value and lifestyle fashion retailers
- (Apparel)
- Ratings agency ICRA has assigned a 'Negative' credit outlook on the value and lifestyle fashion retailers as it expects their revenues to decline by 35-42 per cent in FY21, with an expected decline in their ...
- Created on 13 October 2020
- 26. Fashion retailers open new stores after months of lockdown
- (Apparel)
- After several months, fashion retailers are once again opening new stores,. Fashion retailer Madame opened six stores in July. It plans to open six more stores in the next three months. Similarly, footwear ...
- Created on 09 October 2020
- 27. Margin Meltdown: Why Indian fashion e-commerce cannot afford returns
- (Apparel)
- ... The cumulative effect is a net loss, not a break-even, for online fashion retailers. The financial anatomy of a returned SKU is stark: reverse logistics typically consumes 12-15 per cent of the product ...
- Created on 02 April 2026
- 28. The Anti-Discount Revolution: Littlebox shows fast fashion can be full-price profitable
- (Apparel)
- ... More Shortening inventory cycle from 120 to 15 days While global fast-fashion giants typically operate on 60-to-120-day inventory cycles, Littlebox India has reduced its design-to-door timeline to ...
- Created on 31 March 2026
- 29. Indian retailers navigate margin compression amid 9% growth in February 2026
- (Apparel)
- ... trailed slightly at 8 per cent. In the apparel and fashion segment, the demand for premium and occasion-led wear remains resilient, yet the mass-market category faces headwinds from inflationary pressures. ...
- Created on 23 March 2026
- 30. From tailors to trendsetters fast fashion drives India’s menswear boom
- (Apparel)
- 23 March 2026, Mumbai The Indian menswear market is at an inflection point, as the organized fast fashion segment grows past traditional unbranded retail, reshaping the Rs 19,800 crore menswear market. ...
- Created on 23 March 2026
- 31. Ajmera Fashion drives ethnic wear expansion with new SME IPO
- (Apparel)
- 12 March 2026, Mumbai With an intention to enter the public markets, Surat-based ethnic apparel major Ajmera Fashion has initiated plans for an SME Initial Public Offering (IPO). The company is currently ...
- Created on 12 March 2026
- 32. Burnt Toast to capture Pune’s youth fashion market with retail expansion
- (Apparel)
- 04 March 2026, Mumbai The contemporary youth-focused fashion label of Trent Ltd, Burnt Toast aims to capture the growing youth fashion market in Pune by expanding its retail presence. The brand is ...
- Created on 04 March 2026
- 33. Fast fashion falters, ethnicwear flourishes among Gen Z in India’s next retail cycle
- (Apparel)
- https://www.dfupublications.com/index.php/component/search/?searchword=fast%20fashion&searchphrase=all&Itemid=21625 February 2026, Mumbai For more than a decade, venture money, marketing budgets and ...
- Created on 25 February 2026
- 34. From Zudio to Off-White, India’s fashion market splits between volume and premium
- (Apparel)
- 20 February 2026, Mumbai The Indian fashion and lifestyle sector is passing through a sharply bifurcated growth path in FY26. Nine-month (9M) performance data reveal a market advancing at two distinct ...
- Created on 20 February 2026
- 35. India’s new inflation formula puts fashion, not food, at the center of growth
- (Apparel)
- ... billion this year, with organized fashion chains racing into smaller cities. By trimming food and beverage weightage from 45.86 per cent to 36.7 per cent , the CPI now gives greater statistical power ...
- Created on 16 February 2026
- 36. Arvind Fashions shifts a leaner operational structure with a new CEO for Flying Machine
- (Apparel)
- 24 January 2026, Mumbai Arvind Fashions (AFL) has shifted to leaner operational structure by initiating a strategic leadership realignment. The brand has appointed Amitabh Suri as the new Chief Executive ...
- Created on 24 January 2026
- 37. The $250 Billion Fashion Mandate: Why Gen Z is the fashion & apparel industry’s $2 Trillion economic engine for 2026
- (Fashion)
- ... the next 12 months of retail disruption. Publications Portfolio As the curtain falls on 2025, the Indian fashion and apparel industry has moved beyond the point of "observing" Gen Z; it has been fundamentally ...
- Created on 05 January 2026
- 38. Apparel retailers launch year-end clearance sales two weeks ahead of schedule
- (Apparel)
- ... margins could be squeezed by 150-200 basis points as brands offer aggressive discounts of up to 50 per cent to clear surplus jackets and woolens. DFU Profile Strategic shift toward trans-seasonal fashion ...
- Created on 05 January 2026
- 39. Offline Fashion Retail Goes Beyond Omni-channel in 2026: Weaponizing the $163B online surge as a ‘Force Multiplier’
- (Brands-To-Retail)
- 01 January 2025, Mumbai As part of our definitive annual series, "Wrap Up 2025, Outlook 2026," this feature explores the structural convergence of India’s digital and physical fashion ecosystems. The ...
- Created on 02 January 2026
- 40. The Great Recalibration: How legacy brands are fighting back fast fashion dominance in 2026
- (Apparel)
- 01 January 2025, Mumbai As 2025 draws to a close, the Indian fashion industry is standing at its most significant crossroads in a decade. For the past five years, the narrative was singular: the meteoric, ...
- Created on 01 January 2026
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